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MARCH 7, 2024

Zaria was just 9 years old when a nurse practitioner delivered news that rocked her world: The young girl was already showing signs of puberty development, and she was on track to get her period within the next year. Surprised by this timeline, Zaria’s mother, Chanell, worked with a pediatrician to plan healthier meals, hoping that managing her daughter’s weight gain could give her a couple more precious years with her childhood unchanged.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Which medication can be derived from the bark of the pictured tree? Aspirin Atropine Colchicine Quinine Reveal the Answer 1. Aspirin Background The photo shows a weeping willow, a member of the Salix genus of trees. Willow tree bark contains salicin from which aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) can be derived. For over 3500 years, willow bark has been used as a traditional medicine to treat fevers and pain [1].

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MARCH 6, 2024

Innovation in schizophrenia has been slow, and patients are often left with few options — but pharmas contribute to a robust lineup of candidates that could improve care.

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Inhaled cannabinoids have been shown to perform better than placebo in providing pain relief for people suffering from acute migraine in a clinical trial

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MARCH 7, 2024

A new monoclonal antibody product to protect against respiratory syncytial virus was 90% effective at preventing little children from being hospitalized with RSV, according to new data from the first season it was in use. The data , published Thursday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publication, looked at how well Beyfortus worked in the children whose parents managed to secure a scarce dose of the drug.

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The Pharmacist

MARCH 8, 2024

This International Women’s Day focuses on the theme ‘Inspire Inclusion’: championing diversity in leadership and highlighting the experiences of women from all walks of life. The Pharmacist spoke to four female pharmacy leaders to hear how their different experiences of being women and pharmacists have influenced their work and leadership within the profession.

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MARCH 8, 2024

International Women’s Day 2024: Invest in women—accelerate progress Leading with Impact: How Women of the CPA are Accelerating Healthcare Progress Across the Commonwealth At the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association, we believe that investing in women leaders is a catalyst for transformative change in healthcare worldwide. Our leadership team, predominantly composed of women, exemplifies this commitment.

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MARCH 7, 2024

A new study shows that some nursing homes are shunting the majority of their profits off of their own books and into less-visible corners of their owners’ pockets. The practice makes the nursing homes look poorer than they really are, the study’s authors wrote, which seems to bolster the industry’s arguments to Congress that it can’t meet certain proposed quality standards or handle potential Medicare payment cuts.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Clinical research continues to struggle with a lack of representation within trial populations, and gender diversity in clinical trials remains a critical issue. Learn about the importance of gender diversity in clinical research trials and how it can accelerate inclusion in innovation.

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The Pharmacist

MARCH 8, 2024

EXCLUSIVE A community pharmacy in Scotland has delivered what is believed to be the UK’s first private Covid vaccination, ahead of the service’s planned launch date in April. Dear Pharmacy & Travel Clinic was among a number of community pharmacies that received stock of the Pfizer’s private Covid mRNA vaccine earlier than expected, and so […] The post Community pharmacy delivers first private covid jabs appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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Access to limited distribution drugs and payer contracts are key to pharmacy expansion. But how do you prepare your operations to take the next step? Meaningful data: Collect and share clinical data regarding outcomes, utilization, and more Reporting: Limited distribution models require efficient tracking and reporting systems Workflows: Align workflows with specific pharma and payer contractual requirements For in-depth, expert insights on pharmacy expansion, watch this webinar from Inovalon.

BioPharma Dive

MARCH 8, 2024

The agency expects to convene a group of outside experts to more closely scrutinize the safety and efficacy of the medicine, donanemab, pushing back the timing of its potential approval.

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MARCH 6, 2024

On Sunday, public health officials in two Michigan counties warned their residents that they may have been exposed to measles. In Wayne County , an adult who had contracted the virus abroad had been in health-related settings in Dearborn on two days last week — two urgent care clinics, a CVS pharmacy, and a hospital emergency department. Health officials in neighboring Washtenaw County issued a similar alert about a different case — also an adult, also infected abroad —

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MARCH 8, 2024

Celebrate International Women’s Day by learning about Miruna Sasu, a prominent female figure in the life sciences field and CEO of COTA. Explore how the company uses AI in the oncology space.

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Drug Patent Watch

MARCH 7, 2024

LACTOSE-Free Medicines, 2024 is part of DrugPatentWatch’s deep library of business intelligence on biopharmaceutical drugs. Buy Lactose-Free Medicines from Amazon This guide is designed to provide information for healthcare providers to… The post LACTOSE-Free Medicines: Which Drugs Contain LACTOSE? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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BioPharma Dive

MARCH 5, 2024

The study results further validate Roche’s recent decision to acquire rights to the drug, which is being developed for people with a stubborn form of hypertension.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Micro and nanoplastics, tiny pieces of plastic scattered throughout the environment, have been increasingly found to be able to enter the body, raising questions about where they end up and how they affect people’s health. In a new study, researchers say they have for the first time detected these plastic pieces inside fatty plaques that accumulate in blood vessels and linked them to an increased rate of heart problems.

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Discover how a digital ecosystem can unite stakeholders in providing holistic maternity care, enhance maternal and postpartum care outcomes, and bridge the gap in healthcare services.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a clinically heterogenous neurodevelopmental disorder with high rates of comorbidity with other childhood-onset psychiatric disorders as well as learning disorders. As a result, pipeline products capable of targeting both ADHD and comorbid symptoms will have a competitive edge to capture a highly saturated ADHD market, says GlobalData.

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BioPharma Dive

MARCH 4, 2024

The deal gives the German pharma partial rights to a closely watched medicine for transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy that analysts expect to become a multibillion-dollar product.

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MARCH 5, 2024

The opioid overdose epidemic has burned through the U.S. for nearly 30 years. Yet for all that time, the country has had tools that are highly effective at preventing overdose deaths: methadone and buprenorphine. These medicines are cheap and easy to distribute. People who take them use illicit drugs at far lower rates, and are at far lower risk of overdose or death.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Angie Franks is a prominent female figure in the life sciences industry and perfect to highlight on International Women's Day. Learn more about her contributions and achievements in healthcare and technology.

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Express Pharma

MARCH 6, 2024

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved Vertex ’s exagamglogene autotemcel (Casgevy) in late 2023. Subsequently, it became the inaugural CRISPR-based drug for the hematological indications beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease (SCD). Despite this approval, the CRISPR landscape is dominated by oncology, which accounts for 30 per cent of all active CRISPR drugs.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MARCH 4, 2024

In late 2023, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approved Vertex’s Casgevy, which became the inaugural clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based drug for the haematological indications beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease (SCD).

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MARCH 5, 2024

Over 2 million Americans have opioid use disorder, according to some estimates. Illicit opioids such as heroin and fentanyl were responsible for over 80,000 U.S. overdose deaths in 2023. Despite the known risks, these drugs are notoriously hard to stop using — due in large part to how debilitating withdrawal can be.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Get to know Jorge Reis-Filho, Vice President of Cancer Biomarker Development at AstraZeneca, through this exclusive interview featuring 12 insightful questions. Gain insights into his role, career journey, and the latest advancements in cancer biomarker development.

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Drug Patent Watch

MARCH 6, 2024

GELATIN-Free Medicines, 2024 is part of DrugPatentWatch’s deep library of business intelligence on biopharmaceutical drugs. Buy Gelatin-Free Medicines on Amazon This guide is designed to provide information for healthcare providers to… The post GELATIN-Free Medicines: Which Drugs Contain GELATIN? appeared first on DrugPatentWatch - Make Better Decisions.

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Outsourcing Pharma

MARCH 5, 2024

Clerkenwell Health, a company that delivers clinical trials for the treatment of complex mental health volunteers for trials into the use of psychoactive medications for treating PTSD, is in search of 40 ex-military volunteers.

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MARCH 5, 2024

LONDON — Novo Nordisk’s diabetes medication Ozempic cut the risk of patients developing advanced kidney disease or dying from kidney or heart complications, the company said Tuesday, adding to the evidence the wildly popular drug has broader health benefits for patients beyond addressing their diabetes. Overall, Ozempic lowered the risk of progression of patients’ kidney disease and of related health events by 24% versus placebo, according to the topline results.

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MARCH 7, 2024

On today’s podcast, host Jonah Comstock welcomes Jane Reed, director of life sciences at IQVIA NLP, the new name for recent IQVIA acquisition Linguamatics. Reed talks through some of these different technologies and use cases and describes how natural language processing has exciting potential in translating real-world conversations on social media into pharmaceutical adverse event reports.

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Pharmafile

MARCH 4, 2024

Johnson & Johnson have announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Rybrevant (amibantamab-vmjw) following a priority review. The drug has been approved in combination with chemotherapy (carboplatin-pemetrexed) for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 […] The post FDA approves J&J’s Rybrevant with chemotherapy for NSCLC treatment appe

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Outsourcing Pharma

MARCH 5, 2024

Jayne Sibley, the mastermind behind Sibstar, a debit card and mobile app aimed at those with dementia has secured a substantial Â125K investment from BBC Dragonsâ Den investors Sara Davies and Deborah Meaden.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Renowned Harvard University geneticist and longevity researcher David Sinclair recently made an astonishing assertion: Scientists had developed the first pill — well, a soft, beef-flavored chew — “proven to reverse aging” in dogs. Which miracle molecules delivered this supposed scientific breakthrough, he didn’t say.

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MARCH 7, 2024

GSK continues to build the case for its multiple myeloma therapy Blenrep, which was pulled from the US market last year, with another positive phase 3 trial. The BCMA-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), given in a regimen with pomalidomide plus dexamethasone (PomDex), was shown to be more effective at preventing disease progression or death than Johnson & Johnson’s $10 billion-a-year anti-CD38 antibody Darzalex (daratumumab) with PomDex in the head-to-head DREAMM-8 trial.

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BioPharma Dive

MARCH 7, 2024

The results from the privately held biotech add to early evidence supporting the potential of an increasingly popular drug target known as NLRP3 inflammasomes.

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